DE8311519U1 - EAR BRAND FOR IDENTIFYING ANIMALS BY FASTENING ON THE EAR BY MEANS OF FASTENING PLIERS - Google Patents

Abstract

A first tag-button 5 has a boss 7 accommodating a heel 15 of a pin 6 to form a shallow protrusion. The corresponding jaw 21 of the pliers has a complementary shallow recess into which the protrusion fits to provide good alignment of the pin 6 with an aperture 3 in the second button supported on the second jaw 22 of the pliers. To further enhance the alignment, clips 32, 42 are provided on the jaws for pressing the buttons 1, 5 into engagement with their jaws 21, 22. The clips 32, 42 have a limited stroke on the jaws 21, 22 whereby the tag is forceably removed from engagement with the jaws after assembly of the tag and separation of the jaws.

Description

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Ear tag for animal identification by fastening it to the ear using fastening pliers

The invention relates to an ear tag for the identification of Animals by attaching it to the ear using fastening forceps.

It is known to have ear tags that are used to identify Animals are supposed to be made from two parts and trained so that the two parts are on opposite sides Sides of the auricle of the animal can be attached. Usually the two parts are designed so that they can be permanently bonded together after a hole has been pierced through the ear. You can do this Pliers are used, usually the first part of the ear tag provided with a sharpened pin that creates the hole in the ear and then into an opening in the second Part of the ear tag enters when the forceps are closed.

These two-part ear tags that have two tabs have been known for some time. They consist either of a rigid material _r example made of hard plastic, or metal. Such an ear tag is described in GB-PS 894 143. The ear tag can also be made of flexible material, for example soft plastic.

An advantage of the tabs made of stiff material

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is that they can be easily attached with fastening pliers. A sharpened pencil is strong and Rigidly attached to the first flap, so that its tip cannot be penetrated through the ear by special means must be performed so that it penetrates correctly into the opening of the second flap. This is due to that the flat underside of the rigid tab has a relatively large area with which it is on the jaws of the pliers rests. The sharpened pin is also strong enough to allow you to close the pliers without using any further Aid to pierce the required hole in the ear. However, have tabs made of stiff material a significant disadvantage. The flat rigid plates or discs namely easily stay in barbed wire or hang in fences and because of their stiffness do not come free again. Then either the tabs break or the ear tag is even torn off the animal's ear, injuring it. In both cases the animal is no longer marked.

An advantage of the tabs made of pliable material is that there is a risk of getting caught in fences and the like is reduced quite considerably. The flexibility of the tabs allows that · the part that obstructs flexes or gives way so that it comes free without damage. A big disadvantage of these ear tags however, it is that it is difficult to attach the ear tag to the animal's ear. Since the material is flexible, it is difficult to guide the tip with sufficient precision to insert it properly into the opening of the second tab to be able to. In addition, the strength of the point is not sufficient as the hole required with it without tools

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j could be stung through the animal's ear.

Two pliers are known for attaching ear tags with flexible tabs. The first ■ pliers / Äie described in GB-PB 13 94 268, has a rigid metal pin attached to one of the opposing jaws. This pin is pushed through the pointed pin of the "male" tab, guides it in the right direction and gives it the stability required for piercing. These pins can be pointed or blunt depending on the design of the "male" tab.

However, the training described last also has a serious disadvantage. It has to go to attach the ear tag to the animal's ear, the pin from the "male" tab is firmly attached to the rod removed. The direction in which the pin is pulled out for this purpose is perpendicular to the direction in which the animal runs away from the user. The animal feels pain and always moves very violently. It is therefore difficult and often dangerous to separate the ear tag (and ear) from the forceps.

The second pair of pliers, known from GB-PS 1485 847, is uses a removable solid metal stud that goes into and out of the first part of the ear tag Back of this first part protrudes. This first, "male", part and the pin are made with a cheek connected to the pliers, including the pin in one in the cheek

located hole is inserted. As in the previous case, the detachable pen then gives the required one

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Guidance and rigidity.

However, there are also disadvantages in the last-described embodiment. On the one hand it can happen that the detachable pin cannot be easily removed from the hole in the jaw of the forceps and into In any case, the metal pin must be removed from the ear tag immediately. This cannot be done without difficulty or dangers happen, for all animals are nervous and as a result of the pain of the ear piercing frightened and larger animals, such as cattle and pigs, cannot stand so steadily and quietly in this condition be held so that it would be possible to grasp the pen and pull it out.

The advantages of the flexible tabs can be preserved stay when a stiff pin is used between the tabs. Such an ear tag is in GB-PS 13 2o and described in European patent application oo 31 227. However, these ear tags present difficulties in alignment of the rigid pin onto the opening in the second tab into which the head of the pin must be pushed after he pierced the animal's ear. Therefore had to be used as an aid to aligning the pen according to the European Patent application oo 31 227 the disadvantageous metal pin attached to the pliers according to GB-PS 13 94 be used. Another suggestion emerges from GB-PS 13 72 769, where stiff tabs and a stiff one Pen to be used. The pin is pivotally connected to the first tab. This pivoting connection increases the difficulty of attaching this ear tag to an animal's ear. Compared to the two-part

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Ear tags with stiffening pins made of metal, the three-part ear tags are not widely used found.

The invention is based on the object of creating a three-part ear tag in which the ear tag can be quickly attached to the animal's ear using fastening pliers. Can be done effortlessly and safely, and in particular the problem of correct alignment is greatly facilitated will.

The invention relates to an ear tag for identifying animals by attaching them to the ear a fastening pliers, which is characterized by a first tab made of flexible plastic in which a Pin made of harder plastic is arranged, the pin at its end facing the first tab a Foot and has a point at its opposite end and a second flap made of flexible plastic, wherein the first tab has a reinforcing ring in which a seat is arranged on which the foot rests and wherein the reinforcement ring and the foot together form a solid flat thickening which is in a corresponding shallow indentation fits into one jaw of the fastening forceps and the tip of the Aligns the pin to connect to the second tab.

Preferably, the reinforcing ring has a circular ring which encompasses the circumference of the base of the pin, wherein the circular ring has such a height that / when the foot is pressed firmly onto the seat, the outer surfaces of the foot and the circular ring lie in one plane.

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The advantage of this is that the effective diameter of the foot, which is used for aligning of the pen is used, is enlarged, with the result that the pen can be aligned more precisely. In addition, the actual diameter of the foot can be reduced so that it is not much larger than that of the shaft of the pen. This reduces the risk that the foot of the pen is in Fence wires or the like could get caught. Another advantage of the circular ring of the reinforcement ring is the fact that its material matches the hard one Protects the foot from being rubbed off or abraded on walls or walls.

It is also advantageous that the pin with a radial press fit in the first tab, where it penetrates this and possibly seated in the circular ring. This radial interference fit compresses the material of the reinforcement ring, which is in the recess of the pliers jaw if for some reason the pin would be misaligned. Since the material of the reinforcement ring is flexible, the pin is in this case in pushed back the correct orientation.

The invention makes it possible to use ear tags with flexible tabs without the need for steel stiffening pins. The fastening pliers are designed so that the ear tag is lifted from the jaws when the jaws are opened and very easily and quickly Can be removed from the forceps after they are on the ear

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has been attached. So the marked animal can be released again immediately and there is a risk of injury not applicable. The marking process is extremely quick and the animal experiences considerably less pain added than was previously the case.

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In the following an embodiment of the ear tag and the fastening forceps according to the invention are based on the Drawing described in the

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the still loose second flap of the ear tag

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Fig. 2 is a plan view of the first, with a

Pointed tab of the ear tag with a pin.

Fig. 3 is a section along the LinJ.e III-III of the Fig. 2

In a representation similar to that in FIG. 3, FIG. 4 is a section through the assembled ear tag located in one ear.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the fastening forceps; in which the two ear tag tabs to be connected are located.

FIGS. 5a and 5b are excerpts from FIG. 5.

Fig. 6 shows the pliers according to FIG. 5 in the closed Position in which the two tabs of the ear tag are connected to one another

Fig. 7 shows the pliers according to Fig. 6 in the position in which it is so wide open that the ear tag can be removed from the forceps.

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FIGS. 8 and 9 show parts of FIG. 7 in plan view in the direction of arrows VIII and IX, recognizing the position of the tabs in the pliers is.

The ear tag shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 consists of a * second tab 1 with a reinforcing ring 2 in which there is a bore 3 which has a part 4 with an enlarged diameter. The first tab 5, in which there is already a pin 6 , has a similar reinforcing ring 7, a bore 8 and in this a part 9 with a larger diameter. The pin 6 has a shaft 1ο, in the end there are annular grooves 11 and 12 in the dome. At one end of the shaft 1o there is a tip 13 which is arranged on a head 14, the head 14 having a larger diameter than the shaft 1o. At the other end of the shaft Io there is a cylindrical foot 15, the diameter of which corresponds to that of the head 14. The tabs 1 and are made of a relatively soft plastic, for example polyurethane, while the pin 6 is made of a relatively hard plastic, for example made of polycarbonate.

Even before the ear tag is used, the pin & is connected to the first tab 5, namely it is inserted into the tab pressed in until his foot 15 in the one larger diameter having part 9 and the part surrounding the bore 8 lies in the annular groove 12. The reinforcement ring 7 surrounds the pin 6 both in the area of the annular groove 12 and where the circular ring 7 'of the reinforcing ring 7 surrounds the foot, tightly lying, for example in a press fit. The foot 15 lies

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close to the seat 9 ¹ in part 9 with a larger diameter and the outer surface 7 ″ of the reinforcement ring 7 and the end surface 15 'of the foot 15 lie in one plane.

For attaching the ear tag to the ear marked 16 of an animal, the tip 13 presses a hole 17 into the ear and is driven through the bore 3 into the second tab 1, until the head 14 in the larger diameter part 4 lies and the material surrounding the bore 3 fills the annular groove "1. By the seat of the head 14 and the foot 15 in the larger diameter parts 4 and 9 ensures that the tabs 1 and 5 can not be separated when using the ear tag, but can the two tabs around the pin 6 pivot against each other.

The fastening pliers shown in Fig. 5 are designed so that their two jaws are always in use run parallel to each other. Handles 18 and 19 of the Fastening pliers are pivotally connected to one another by a pin 2o and the jaws 21 and 22 are connected by pins 23 and 24 also pivotable with the handles 18 and connected. There are slots in the jaws 21 and 22 or elongated holes 25 and 26 which receive pins 27 and 28 attached to handles 18 and 19, respectively. The radial Distances of the pin 23, 24, 27 and 28 from the pin 2o are the same, with the result that the jaws 21 and 22 are parallel stay together when the handles 18 and 19 against each other be pressed. A strong main spring 29 surrounds the pin 2o and presses the jaws 21 and 22 apart, when the handles are released.

The free ends of the jaws 21 and 22 are designed so that

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that they can accommodate the tabs 5 and 1. For this purpose, each jaw has a flat recess 3o or 31, which is dimensioned in depth and diameter so that it can accommodate the reinforcing rings 7 and 2, respectively. The recess 3o in the first jaw 2 \ has a flat bottom for receiving the aligned surfaces 7 ¹¹ and 15 'of the reinforcement ring 7 and the foot 15 and this aligns the pin 6 so that it is in the direction of the bore 3 of the second bracket 1 which is located on the second jaw 22. A pressure clarifier 32 is used to hold the first tab 5 and the pin 6 in their intended position. The pressure clamp 32 is band-shaped and surrounds the jaw 21. Lateral depressions 33 in the jaw serve to guide the sides 34 of the pressure clamp 32 so that it can be moved transversely to the jaw. The sides 34 are connected to one another by a support plate 35 which extends partially over the recess and rests against the inner surface 36 of the reinforcement ring 7 when the pliers are used. In the support plate κ 35 there is a cutout 37 which is dimensioned so that

it closely surrounds half the circumference of the shaft 1o, as can be seen in FIG. 8. The sides 34 of the pressure clip 3 2 are bent at 38 so that they extend into a transverse cut 39 on the rear of jaw 21 and hold a compression spring 4o, -die in a recess is arranged in the jaw 21. The compression spring 4o presses the support plate 35 in the direction of the recess 3o, whereby ] the reinforcement ring 7 and the foot 15 of the pin 6 against the

j flat bottom of the recess 3o are pressed and the

Pin 6 is aligned in the required direction. the

correct alignment of the pin 6 is ensured by the interaction of the cutout 37 supported by the shaft 1o.

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A similar Druckklairaner 42 also serves on the cheek 22 a spring 43 to hold the second tab 1 in place. Deviating from the arrangement described above, the support plate 44 of the pressure clamp 42 lies on the surface of the second tab 1, which surrounds its reinforcing ring 2, so that the cutout 45, as can be seen in FIG is larger than the cutout 37 and the spring 43 is longer than the spring 4o and the sides 44a are longer than the sides 34, so that the Druckklanmer 42 a larger stroke and therefore, as will be described further below, the tip 13 can release. The recess 31 does not have any closed flat bottom, but is continued with a reduced diameter 45a to accommodate the tip 13 to be able to. The positioning of the second tab 1 is less critical than that of the first tab 5 with the pin 6; nevertheless, the pressure clamp 42 holds the tab 1 with its reinforcing ring 2 securely and in the correct position in the recess 31. The annular bottom of the recess 31, to which the bore 45a adjoins, is large enough to form a secure abutment for the reinforcement ^ ring when the tip 13 is pressed through the bore 3 will.

To insert the tabs in their positions shown in Fig. 5 guide grooves 46 in the opposite surfaces of the jaws 21 _f 22 at their free ends 47 are used Pressure clamps 32 and 42 are moved against the force of their springs 4o and 43. So that the effectiveness of the recesses 3o, 31 is not impaired, the guide grooves 46 are shallower than the recesses. After the introduction, the flat surfaces lie

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of the reinforcement rings against the opposing surfaces of the jaws.

In Fig. 6 it can be seen that the handles 18, 19 have been compressed so far that the tip 13 through the bore 3 has passed so that the two tabs 1 and 5 are connected to one another. The tip is 13 entered the bore 45a.

Fig. 7 shows the fastening pliers in the position in which the assembled ear tag has been released in order to be removed from the pliers in the direction of arrow A. The main spring 29 overcomes the forces of the compression springs 4o. and 43, so that the jaws 21 and 22 from the tabs 5 and 1 are withdrawn and the reinforcement rings 7 and 2 leave the recesses 3o and 31. Here, the tab 1 must be moved a further distance from the second jaw 22 than is the case with the first tab 5, so that the Tip 13 is completely removed from recess 31.

The invention is not limited to the details of the embodiment described above. For example, the end face 15 'of the foot 15 and the bottom of the recess 3o also different be designed as flat, but they always work together in such a way that you position and align pin 6 correctly. .

Another advantage of the specified shape of the cutout 37 is to be seen in the fact that it supports the shaft 1o on both sides and thereby secures the tip 13 against inadvertent pivoting. This orientation of the ¹ tip 13 in relation

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on the bore 8 is more difficult to carry out than the correct positioning of the tabs or their reinforcement rings in relation to the cheeks.

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Claims (4)

PATENTANWALT BODE · POST BOX 1130 ■ O-4030 RATINGEN 1 · ΤΕΙΒόΜ 02102 *. * 22008 · TELEX 8585166 A 23 - 1 Albo Tierzuchtgeräte GmbH, Ravardistrasse 41, D-429O Bocholt Ear tag for identifying animals by attaching them to the ear using fastening pliers Protection claims: 1. Ear tag to identify animals by attaching them marked on the ear by means of fastening pliers through a first tab (5) made of flexible plastic in which a pin (6) made of harder material Plastic is arranged, the pin (6) on his weave the end facing the first flap (5) has a foot (15) and at its opposite end a point (13), as well as a second flap (1) made of flexible plastic, the first flap (5) having a reinforcing ring (7), in which a seat (9 ¹ ) is arranged, on which the foot (15) rests and wherein the reinforcing ring (7) and the foot together form a solid flat thickening (7, 15) which is inserted into a corresponding shallow depression (3o) fits in a jaw (21) of the fastening forceps and aligns the tip of the pin (6) for connection to the second tab (1). 2. Ear tag according to claim 1, characterized in that the reinforcing ring (7) has a circular ring (7 ¹ ) which comprises the circumference of the foot »(15) of the pin (6), the circular ring (7'5 having such a height has that when the foot (15) is pressed firmly onto the seat (9 '), the outer surfaces (15 ¹ , 7 ") P. 2 Il II »· WALT BODE · POST BOX Π 30 · D-4030 RATINGEN 1 · TELEFON 02102-22006 · TELEX 85851 « the foot (15) and the circular ring (7 ·) in one plane lie. 3. Ear tag according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the pin (6) sits with a radial press fit in the first tab (5), where it penetrates this, and optionally in the circular ring (7 ¹ ). 4. ear tag according to one or more of claims 1,2 or 3, characterized in that the second bracket (1) has a reinforcing ring (2), which is designed similarly to that of the first tab (5).